Glacier Dam Flood Damage Assessment
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•Officials begin to assess damage following glacial dam outburst flooding in Alaska's capital city
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Officials begin to assess damage following glacial dam outburst flooding in Alaska 's capital city.
Flooding has become a perennial hazard for neighborhoods near Juneau 's Mendenhall Glacier.
River crested early Tuesday at 15.99 feet ( 4.9 meters ) above the 14.97-foot crest a year earlier .
Some streets at one point had 3-9 meters ( 1.2 meters ) of water, possibly more.
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